Physiologically active compounds in the fruits of Smilax excelsa L.

Currently, in all areas, especially in the fields of food and medicine, eco-friendly consumption materials are highly preferred. Therefore, the study aims to determine the physiologically active compounds and radical scavenging activity (RSA) of the bioextracts prepared with 70% ethanol (BE-I) and distilled water (BE-II) from the ripe fruits of Smilax exselca L. (Smilacaceae) plant which grows in the northwestern region of Azerbaijan by physicochemical methods ((GC/MS), ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometers). As a result of the research, 35 compounds were observed in BE-I and 30 compounds in BE-II, the amount of main physiologically active compounds was 37.14% with 12 compounds in BE-I, and 19.86% with 6 compounds in BE-II. For instance, antioxidant properties of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (C6H6O3), 6-Octadecenoic acid (C18H34O2), hepta-2,4-dienoic acid, methyl ester (C8H12O2), antibacterial traits of ascaridole epoxide (C10H16O3), α-D-Galactopyranose,6-O-(trimethylsilyl)-cyclic 1,2:3,4-bis methylboronate (C11H22B2O6Si), hexadecanoic acid, methylester (C17H34O2), flavoring compounds of 2H-Pyran, 3,6 Dihidro-4–methyl-2-2-Methyl-propenyl (C10H16O), E-10-Dodecen-1-ol propionate (C15H28O2), anticancer properties of 2-Trifluoroacetoxydodecane (C14H25F3O2), anti-inflammatory properties of silicicacid, diethyl bis(trimethylsilyl) ester (C10H28O4Si3), antifungal traits of D-Mannitol,1-decylsulfonyl (C16H34O7S) were determined. The DPPH method was used to determine the free radical scavenging activity (RSA), which came out to be RSA(BE-I)=62.5±0.8% and RSA(BE-II)=54.7±1.3%.